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5 Things to Know: T-Mobile's Hotspot @Home Landline VOIP Service
A few weeks back, T-Mobile rolled out a new broadband-based landline-replacement service in Dallas and Seattle test markets, allowing customers to port their landlines to their T-Mobile account then pay $10 per month for unlimited calling via a special router. Here's a glimpse of the router, a modified Linksys, with Ethernet jacks and two phone jacks, plus internal slots for two SIM cards. It's a good deal, and will be cool for many people when it rolls out this summer, but there are things you need to know:More »
2:20 PM on Tue Mar 11 2008
By Wilson Rothman
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Latest by Maciek: zan, hartburnkid, dfwguy....Big thumbs up. Brentis, what do you suggest we (gay...or straight) use to describe our "significant others"??? my homey, my bro, my peep??? If you were my "whatever" and have this attitude i believe i'd reffer to you as more »
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The Pitch "How many phones does one man need?" the narrator asks as the camera pans across a line of halter-topped lovelies chatting on their mobiles. The women shimmy in hypnotic slo-mo, with the line ending at a Grace Jones look-alike (circa Conan the Destroyer). And then—Jimmy! A wannabe Hefner in a monogrammed bathrobe, Jimmy's smiling ear-to-ear—not because Grace is rubbing her Spandex-clad naughty bits against his hip, but rather because he has T-Mobile's HotSpot @Home service. Having permanently banished his landline, Jimmy can now dedicate himself full-time to sybaritic pleasures; in another upcoming spot, for example, he hosts a pool party that's wall-to-wall with adoring ladies. Will this putty-jawed lothario lead T-Mobile to the wireless promised land, or does the tongue-in-cheek approach fall flat? More »
Hype Sheet: Welcome to Jimmy's HotSpot @Home
The Pitch "How many phones does one man need?" the narrator asks as the camera pans across a line of halter-topped lovelies chatting on their mobiles. The women shimmy in hypnotic slo-mo, with the line ending at a Grace Jones look-alike (circa Conan the Destroyer). And then—Jimmy! A wannabe Hefner in a monogrammed bathrobe, Jimmy's smiling ear-to-ear—not because Grace is rubbing her Spandex-clad naughty bits against his hip, but rather because he has T-Mobile's HotSpot @Home service. Having permanently banished his landline, Jimmy can now dedicate himself full-time to sybaritic pleasures; in another upcoming spot, for example, he hosts a pool party that's wall-to-wall with adoring ladies. Will this putty-jawed lothario lead T-Mobile to the wireless promised land, or does the tongue-in-cheek approach fall flat? More »
12:30 PM on Thu Jul 12 2007
By Brendan I. Koerner
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Latest by xelencin: @CaseyG: T-Mobile requires you to register an e911 address in their billing system to use this service, similar to how Vonage and other VoIP phone companies work. more »
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T-Mobile Introduces HotSpot @Home
The news is that T-Mobile is rolling out a three-tiered HotSpot @Home strategy:
• First, there's a pair of $49.99 phones, the Samsung t409 and the Nokia 6086, that can jump from the cellular GSM network to the Wi-Fi network in your home or Starbucks then back again.
• Next, T-Mobile is giving anyone who signs up a free D-Link or Linksys router that can be a standalone wireless hub for your home, or an add-on to your network that makes Wi-Fi calling more reliable and less of a drain on the phone's battery.
• Finally, it's $10 per month extra for the service, unlimited calls originating from a Wi-Fi hotspot, even if you walk out the door and the call is handed off to the cellular network. More »
12:01 AM on Wed Jun 27 2007
By Wilson Rothman
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Latest by tbr3: I have purchased 3 t-409's. First they are not seamless as promised, get a few feet outside the building and your call drops. With non Wi-Fi connections the dropping of calls is frequent and unacceptable. In one 5 mile trip more »
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Unconfirmed: T-Mobile HotSpot @Home Launches June 27
Our T-Mobile informant's just tipped us off to the updated release date for T-Mobile's HotSpot @Home service. T-Mobile plans to roll out the service for all retail, online, VAR, Telesales, and Retail Partner Sales on June 27, which means you can get your own unit that Wednesday. More »
6:30 PM on Wed Jun 13 2007
By Jason Chen
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24 comments
